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Turning point for the invaders.

Mughalisation of rajpurana.

एक दुखी परिवार –  51

Between 1540-1556, Afghans were in control of most of North India. Rajasthan-bornHemu held various official positions in the capital at Delhi with Islam Shah and Adil Shah, who ruled from Punjab to Bengal. 

Hemu crushed the first rebellion in 1553 atAjmer where he killed the Afghan Governor Junaid Khan and appointed his own man as governor. 

Hemu won 22 battles against Afghan rebels and the Mughal kingAkbar, losing none. 

He defeated Akbar's army at Agra and Delhi in 1556, and became a 'Vikramaditya' king after 350 years of foreign rule at Purana Quila in Delhi. 

Hemu was eventually defeated at the Second battle of Panipat on 7 November 1556, and was killed.

And that proved a turning point for the invaders to begin to mughalise Rajputana and then systematically take larger parts of Hindustan in its tentacles.

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